"Phoenix?"
Fisher turned his head to glance at the face of the man sprouting feathers from his eyes, then took a quick look at Alagina and wondered aloud whether the man had called her a Phoenix because she was a descendant of the Phoenix Species or because she possessed the Ice Prince Sword?
Emhardt surveyed Alagina, then whispered into Fisher's ear,
"It shouldn't be, Fisher. The one who wields the Ice Prince's Sword, the Phoenix's Son, is not only a male Phoenix but also the most ill-tempered one among the three Phoenix's Children. How could he have progeny with a Human... Moreover, even if there were offspring, according to maternal lineage, the Phoenix Blood within her should be nearly diluted."
"Could there be ancestral return?"